It’s unfortunate, but it oftentimes takes a personal connection to a tragedy to make it seem more real. But such are humans, and such also is tragedy, I guess. These southern Texas floods are devastating, …
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Houston.
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I used to be fun
Three years ago this week, I was gallivanting around Iceland, hiking various glaciers and swimming in various lagoons. This week, in checking Lowes.com everyday to see if their Labor Day sale as started so we …
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effective marketing
I somehow ended up on the Upper Middle Class Women who love Tshirts that Say Socially Conscious Things especially if they are Soft listserv, and I’m not mad at it. Last week I got an …
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theracake
So maybe I have had a slightly stressful last few weeks, all good kinds of stress, like joy and excitement stress, but stress none the less, and when je stress, JE BAKE. And so yesterday, …
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COOOOOOKKKKIEEESSSSSSSS
What’s even better than Cake served after a play about Cake? HOMEMADE COOKIES DECORATED FOR THE CHARACTERS IN A PLAY ABOUT CAKE #LAYERS
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Re: if I want to get coffee
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING MUSINGS DO NOT MEAN THAT I DO NOT WANT TO HELP YOUNG WRITERS, I REALLY DO, I JUST HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT ALL OF THE COFFEES, END NOTE. Dear Young / emerging …
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forever keepsake
I wrote a Noah’s Ark Cake into my Cake Play because why would you not, and some genius props person made this out of clay: I can’t wait to take it home with me after …
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the names of Boats
At the request of Mrs. Foster Keddie, Mr. Foster Keddie took Mrs. Foster Keddie up to Santa Barbara for the weekend before her birthday, so that Mrs. Foster Keddie might indulge in one of her …
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I would like to not thank the Academy
Fox graciously and generously got all of the This is Us writers memberships with the Television Academy, which at first makes one feel quite lucky and fancy, but then, THE BOXES START TO COME. As …
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grown up spread
We had some friends over for a barbecue yesterday. Most of the conversations revolved around work and real estate and school districts and gestational diabetes, really confirming my suspicion that we are in our mid-30s. …